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Parliament to debate whether Christopher Chope's Knighthood should be removed

Submitted on Friday 15th June 2018

Rejected on Thursday 21st June 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: honours (see below for details)

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Parliament to debate whether Christopher Chope's Knighthood should be removed

Petition Details

Sir Christopher Chope today (15 June 2018) used Parliamentary procedure to block legislation which would have made "upskirting" (the invasion of a female's sexual privacy) a criminal offence.

Parliament should debate whether he should have his Knighthood for "political and public service" removed


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept petitions about honours. In any case, Parliament isn't responsible for taking away honours. You can find out more about how honours are taken away here:

www.gov.uk/guidance/having-honours-taken-away-forfeiture

If you'd like the procedure of objecting to Bills to change, you may wish to sign this petition:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/222338

If you'd like the law on upskirting to change, you may wish to sign this petition:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216290

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